"A reason not to kill me? That you need one shows that you're a heartless monster too. I wonder how many lives you've taken, and how many more were ruined by the taking. If you're set on murdering me, I can't really stop you. But listen to your allies. Maybe one of them has a conscience."
Jael, telling Clark exactly what she thinks of his methods.
Clark Kallen and his Merry Band is the name of a clan and role-play located here
on the Fire Emblem Arena Battle League, a Fire Emblem fan site. The story takes place on the continent of Elibe from Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken, specifically in Etruria not too far from the border of the Nabata Desert. The leader of this Ragtag Bunch of Misfits is the eponymous Clark Kallen, a Crazy-Prepared mercenary whose origins are unknown. Some characters fade in and out of the story due to the nature of the RP, but most of the characters fit into one of the following categories:
- Clark's group: the titular merry band.
- Langras Crusaders: a small group from a world parallel to Elibe.
- Byron's Fury: a rival band headed by Byron, Clark's former employer.
- Etrurian Nobility: various dukes and earls that provide jobs for the mercenaries.
- Thieves and bandits: the cause for the first few low-brow jobs.
- Villagers: pretty much the rest of the cast.
The story picked up quite a bit of momentum as it progressed, and an expanding character base has led to the decision to grant a larger portion of the plot to Byron's group to offer a wider perspective on the story.
This role-play provides examples of:
- Badass Bookworm: Weyler is a good contender, after decimating a fair amount/most of Vassarin's troops in Chapter Four. The introduction of Wonderwall cements this. Weyler is hit by Jane's fire of judgment, which has reduced Karaisali to shambles. When the smoke clears, there's not so much as a scratch on his body.
- Berserk Button:
- Do not mention House Persantius or Vastian's history with them around him.
- Oh yeah, don't get innocent people involved. Tookie (despite happily carving his way through the Graael Order and the Whisperwind-led rebels) doesn't seem to like that.
- The very sight of Clark makes Kajan go nuts.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome:
- Evelyn, Derran, and Jabin. There are several others, but Evelyn and Derran were notable fighters while they were involved, and Jabin was the party's main healer and had a fair bit of dialogue with Brianna.
- Brannan and Serena have vanished. This is particularly jarring because both were very involved in the plot at the time of their disappearance.
- Clear My Name: Chapter Three revolves around Brannan being blamed for a rape he didn't commit.
- Disproportionate Retribution: The rationale behind Chapter Eight; Jane's answer to Clark and co wounding Byron and Brannan (for all of a day and after she'd nearly killed Clark anyway)? Burn down an entire town. Even Byron thought that she'd gone a bit overboard.
- Genki Girl: Serena is positively brimming with energy.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Valtair is quite possibly the only person in Elibe who prefers to use his fists to any form of weaponry or magic.
- Kid Hero: Myke, one of the strongest people in the group, is also one of the youngest, tying with Tookie at sixteen.
- Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: Myke and Ognus, to each other.Ognus: This is a duel between gentlemen, so if you please—
- No Name Given: Myke, Lilane and Emysia are only ever referred to by first name (or nickname in Myke's case), like everyone else from Langras; their surnames are purely
Word of God. Tookie has a last name, but would rather use his alias than his real name. XEQ also applies, though for other reasons.
- Only Sane Man: Jael is the first person to call Clark out on some of his actions, though Streak shows signs of dissent.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Myke and Vassarin haven't saved each other under this, but the two do insist that no-one touch the other, as seen in Chapter Four.
- Perfect Poison: Balas dies from accidentally touching a small cut on his body with a thin coating of Clark's poison on his finger.
- The Reveal
- XEQ isn't exactly what you'd call "human."
- With the arrival of Bern's military, we have another one: Clark is the "Vergant" Bern has been searching for. It's not a surprise if you read his profile.
- Sdrawkcab Name: Simetra is Artemis backwards, which makes this a Meaningful Name.
- Sociopathic Hero: Tookie murders multiple enemy soldiers...for getting blood on his shirt. Their blood, to clarify.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Subverted: Clark's finisher is supposed to distract his opponent while he runs up and sweeps their legs from under them. It doesn't really matter where it lands.
- Training from Hell: Recens can recover from any injury, but the pain can still distract him. To fix this, he spends his mornings repeatedly breaking his bones until his pain receptors can barely function.
- Wham Episode: Between Chapter Seven and Chapter Eight; reveals on both Clark's backstory and Langras' situation in general.
